visit Plan

Practical information Roseraie du Val-de-Marne Rue Albert Watel • 94240 L’Haÿ-les- Tel.: 01 47 40 04 04 or 01 43 99 82 80 Welcome Fax: 01 47 40 04 75 ince1968, the Val-de-Marne General Council has continued www.roseraieduvaldemarne.fr Swork on the reception, conservation and preservation [email protected] of the collections initiated by Jules Gravereaux, in the late nineteenth century. Access Want to know more Public transport The Roseraie du Val-de-Marne is listed on the regional • RER B, Bourg-la-Reine station then bus 192 or 172 register of historic monuments. It has also received about the Roseraie? • Metro 7, Porte d’Italie station then bus 186 or 184 the « Jardin remarquable » label. (bus 286 on bank holidays) The Roseraie du Val-de-Marne harbours a multitude of botanical By road 3,300 different species and varieties are on show: and horticultural treasures that you can discover by following • 8 km to the south of Paris wild and cultivated roses, roses of yesteryear and today, the various QR codes scattered throughout the . • RD7, RD 20 or 186 then RD 126 roses from here and there... a selection of colours and fragrances bringing joy each year to thousands of visitors. Annual opening Mid-May to mid-September • 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. Best flowering period : June One garden, Scan this code with Exceptional free opening 13 collections « Rendez-vous aux jardins » festive weekend in June your mobile phone! and «Journées du Patrimoine» in September he Roseraie comprises 13 collection structured Taround the Decorative Rose Garden. Entrance fee €3 per person - full rate On the right and to the rear of the Dome are the antique It’s very simple. Just: €1.50 per person for groups (+ 15 people) roses: botanical, Gallic, Far Eastern and horticultural roses 1. Bring a phone fitted with a camera and children (aged 5 to 15) created in the mid-nineteenth to mid-twentieth century. and internet connection Most of these roses have now disappeared from gardens 2. Scan the code using your application capable Guided tour 2012. - May inks - Imprimerie Grenier paper using vegetable on recycled DR - Printed Djamila Calin, credits: - Photo Council General Val-de-Marne the by Published and shops. The Roseraie du Val-de-Marne owns the largest of reading QR codes For individuals collection of them in the world. > The corresponding mobile page will be > Sundays, meet at 2.30 p.m. automatically loaded onto your screen! > weekdays, inclusion in previously formed groups On the left, the triangle of modern roses: French For groups and foreign horticultural roses created between the 1950s > Sundays in May and June, meet at 2.30 p.m. and the present day. This zone offers up recent creations, > weekdays, bookings only on 01 47 40 04 04 in particular large bloom roses. This visiting module consists of descriptions in the form of spoken commentary, or online via the website Along the wall are planted the special collections: botanical music and sounds. This mediation tool offers an explanation of the garden, roses, rugosa and burnet, tea-scented roses and Banks roses. a presentation of the collections and allows you to discover varieties Light catering of remarkable roses. This audio-description, available in French and English, • La Table de la Roseraie - Tel.: 01 41 98 64 30 and also in a specific format for the visually impaired, helps to enrich your visit • Picnic area in the neighbouring park and transfer knowledge to the general public. Enjoy your visit!

Conseil général du Val-de-Marne Communication Espaces verts et Paysage The botanical rose alley Come and discover the charm of wild roses as they spontaneously grow in nature. The rugosa rose alley These rustic roses, originally from Japan, offer a specific feature: their embossed leaves. The tea roses alley These spiralling roses, obtained The decorative rose garden Discover its history in the 19th century, are very fragile. The rose bushes, planted in beds around a mirror of water, soar up to the majestic dome. and its 13 collection gardens The garden of modern The garden of Far Eastern roses foreign roses The splendour of oriental roses: roses from China, Japan, India and Persia. Tour the world! This collection brings together contemporary English, German, Belgian and North The garden of Gallic roses American horticultural roses. Gallic roses are the “historic” roses of the old continent. Until the eighteenth century, these were the only collections known in the West.

The rose history alley This selection of roses marks the major chronological stages Introduction of the Rosa genus. to the visit The burnet rose alley Pavillion These large bushy roses recall burnet with its delicate foliage. The botanical rose alley Madame Gravereaux’s Entrance Come and discover the charm of wild roses rose garden as they spontaneously grow in nature. Madame Gravereaux’s collection of modern roses will be bound to seduce lovers of floral art! The Malmaison The garden of modern rose alley In this alley, discover Empress Joséphine’s French roses passion for roses. There you will find Let yourself be surprised by these new creations the reproduction of the collection brought The garden presented around the Temple of Love. together by the first wife of Napoleon I of old horticultural roses in her nineteenth century home. These roses are hybrids between Gallic roses and oriental roses between 1850 and 1940.

Scan these codes to find out more about the history of the Le Théâtre de verdure Roseraie and its 13 collection gardens. (Theatre of greenery)